Plan Blanc
The Orsan plan (french: plan Orsan, \\) is the emergency preparedness, emergency plan in France to face a sudden increase of activity in a hospital, such as a massive arrival of casualties due to an accident or a disaster (who may come by their own means to the emergency department or are evacuated by an Orsec-Novi plan), an epidemic or a lasting climatic event that becomes deadly for fragile people such as a heatwave (climate), heatwave. It was created in 2014. "Orsan" stands for french: link=no, organisation de la réponse du système de santé en situations sanitaires exceptionnelles, i.e. "organisation of the healthcare response system in exceptional public health situations". It is a nationwide emergency plan that is the frame for the white plans (french: link=no, plans blancs, \\) that are locally developed for hospitals. Sections The Orsan plan has five sections: * ORSAN AMAVI: massive number of non-contaminated casualties (french: link=no, accueil massif de victimes non ...
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Emergency Preparedness
Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actually focus on the management of emergencies, which can be understood as minor events with limited impacts and are managed through the day to day functions of a community. Instead, emergency management focuses on the management of disasters, which are events that produce more impacts than a community can handle on its own. The management of disasters tends to require some combination of activity from individuals and households, organizations, local, and/or higher levels of government. Although many different terminologies exist globally, the activities of emergency management can be generally categorized into preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery, although other terms such as disaster risk reduction and prevention are also common. Th ...
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